Varanasi panchang, 11 March 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 18:35 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:06
- 06:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:29 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Bava until 06:36, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:45 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 03:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:37 – 19:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:37 – 06:11 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:34 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:40 – 06:11 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:53 Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:24 Aquarius
- 06:24 – 07:52 Pisces
- 07:52 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:28 Taurus
- 11:28 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:13 Leo
- 18:13 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:04 next day Sagittarius
- 03:04 – 04:49 next day Capricorn
- 04:49 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method